Achilles
Divine Interference
On the Battlefield
Councils
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100

Who are the parents of Achilles?

Peleus & Thetis

100

Who is the first to strike Patroklos?

Apollo

100

What is Hector's main goal as he pushes the Greeks away from the city?

Burn the ships!

100

What two things does Telemachus have to ask for at the council?

1) For a ship

2) That the suitors leave

100

What are two disguises that Athena uses?

Telemachus, Mentor, stranger

200

Who is Achilles' best friend?

Patroklos

200
From whom will Thetis get Achilles new armor?

Hephaestus

200

Who shoots Diomedes with an arrow?

Paris

200

What is the name of the augur who interprets the sign of two eagles fighting in the sky?

Halitherses

200

What has Penelope been doing while the suitors have been trying to woo her?

Weaving and unweaving a shroud for Laertes

300

What are Achilles' soldiers called?

The Myrmidons

300

Who gave the immortal horses Xanthos and Balios to King Peleus?

Zeus

300

Who is the main warrior defending the body of Patroklos?

*Extra 100 if you remember what his name is in The Iliad.

Aias

Ajax

300

What is the name of the suitor who claims that Penelope is to blame for their presence in the house?

Antinous

300

How long have the suitors been in the house of Odysseus?

3 years

400

What are Achilles' two choices for his fate?

Short life (enter the war and die but gain kleos and become renowned)

Long life (go home and live a life without fame)

400

Which god most wants to defend Troy?

Apollo

400

Who is the first to fall by the hand of Patroklos?

Sarpedon

400

What is the name of the suitor who says that even IF Odysseus returns, they will simply rise up against him?

Leocritus

400

What is the name of Telemachus' nurse?

Eurycleia

500
Why does Achilles quit the war?

Agamemnon threatens to (and eventually does) take Briseis.

500

Who tells Achilles to show himself to the Trojans? Why?

Iris -- to make the Trojans afraid so that the Greeks can save Patroklos' body

500

Describe the sign seen above the battlefield.

Eagle holding a blood-red serpent. The serpent strikes the eagle.

500

Who is the first (oldest man) to speak at the council?

Aegyptus

500
How do Menelaus and his men capture Proteus?

They disguise themselves in seal skin and hold him until he returns to his initial form.